TN Labor chief Karla Davis, two others step down

Management issues could be cause

1:45 AM,
Mar. 19, 2013

Commissioner Karla Davis resigned.

Written by

Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

The head of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and two other top officials have resigned after disputes over management of the division that oversees unemployment benefits.

Commissioner Karla Davis, Deputy Commissioner Alisa Malone and Turner Nashe, assistant administrator of the Division of Employment Security, have all tendered their resignations, spokesmen for Gov. Bill Haslam and the department said Monday.

Davis, who joined the state in January 2011 as one of Haslam's initial Cabinet appointments, cited family reasons for her departure. Malone gave ...